Survarium 0.30 Highlights

"The Last Stand" Game Mode

The first game mode in Survarium that is not team-based. You are on your own and have to fight other characters to stay in the game! Weaker players are eliminated from the fight as the match progresses. The player with most points wins, but there’s a twist. When you kill a player you steal a part of his or her score. But beware: you also lose points when your character is killed!

"Knowledge of the Forest" Skill Tree

Anomalies and artifacts are important elements of gameplay in Survarium. That is why we are featuring the third skill tree. Its abilities are focused on reducing damage from anomalies, as well as increasing the efficiency of artifacts. Also, in order to activate artifacts, you need to learn a special skill from "Knowledge of the Forest" skill tree.

New Weapons and Equipment

All Survarium factions received new equipment or weapons. Five weapons were added into the game: assault rifles OTs-14 "Groza", VHS-2, SCAR-H, light machine gun FN Minimi, and legendary sniper rifle Barrett M82. There are also four new equipment sets. The first provides heavy armor, the second –anomalous resist, the third is for snipers. Finally, "Veles" is a well-rounded set of equipment with no distinct pros and cons.

New In-game Tutorial

This change is primarily for new players, but we hope experienced fighters will also learn something new about the game. The changes affect not only the tutorial. We have completely reworked the entry part to give new players enough information to get started in Survarium. Or to let you refresh your memory in case you haven’t played for a while.

Character Face Selection

For a long time Survarium characters have been an army of clones. In Survarium 0.30 you can finally change the appearance choosing one of the four faces (more coming in the future). This can be done when creating a new character or changing your character's name. You will also be able to change the appearance for free after completing the new tutorial!

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The Complete List of Changes

Gameplay

Introduced "Knowledge of the Forest" – the third skill tree. These skills are focused on the interaction with artifacts and anomalies

Damage of anomalies incresed by 30%

Due to the introduction of the new skill tree all skill points will be reset and can be redistributed

If you lose in "The Last Stand", you become a spectator. You can also leave the match at any moment

You have to choose at least two modes on game mode selection screen

When changing profile before a battle begins, correct equipment and weapon are displayed now

Changed the mechanics of horizontal recoil when firing automatic weapons

Now weapons are not reloaded automatically when a magazine is empty. You have to press reload button (R by default) or fire button (LMB by default)

New and improved animations for moving and firing weapons

Updated and fixed footstep sounds. The sound now depends on the premises. Increased distance at which you hear enemy footsteps

Added an option to choose appearance. Four faces are currently available

Added faction selection screen

Changed tutorial before the first match. Now it's easier for newcomers to get by in the world of Survarium

Survivor's Notes updated to be more informative

Limb damage decreased to 80% of body damage (used to be 90%)

Minimum damage of bullets not penetrating armor descreased from 50% to 40%

Vegetation changed on all locations except Vector Laboratory

Equipment and weapons

Increased effective range of assault rifles

PMN-3 now occupies the entire slot for supplies (you can take only one mine)

Onyx artifact: passive bonus decreases damage and armor-piercing of bullets fired into the character by 5%

Onyx artifact: active bonus decreases damage and armor-piercing of bullets fired into the character by 60%

Spring artifact: passive bonus to movement speed decreased to 2%

Changed modifiers of premium equipment and weapons. Now each premium item has three random battle modifirs and one modifier increasing either experience, or reputation, or silver gain.
Read more in the article about premium equipment